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Education in York

Unitary authority

North east Yorkshire and The Humber. 209,118 people in 272 square kilometres.

2 layers about education for York, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.

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Schools by council

Worked out by Open Index · 2026

Under 25250 or more

York had 72 open schools in 2026, from nurseries to sixth form colleges.

Number of schools

CouncilGreat Britain only
72
Worked out by Open Index · 2026

York had 72 open schools in 2026, from nurseries to sixth form colleges.

Worked out by Open Index from the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government.

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Number of schools: York among every council350 areas from 1 to 510. The middle area is 68. York is 72.

Schools

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Published as points, so there is no single figure for York. The map shows each one.

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Schools in York

York has 72 open schools: 1 nursery, 50 primary, 9 secondary, 4 special, 2 sixth form and further education, 5 independent and 1 pupil referral and alternative provision.

Outstanding
6
Good
19
Requires improvement
1
Inadequate
0

26 of the 63 schools in Ofsted's file have an overall grade from a graded inspection between November 2019 and June 2024.

9 schools have a report card from the renewed framework (from November 2025), which gives no overall grade.

3 schools had a graded inspection from September 2024, when Ofsted stopped giving an overall grade.

Ofsted says grades from different frameworks can't be compared, and an old grade may not describe a school today. Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026.

Schools rated Outstanding in York

6 schools had Outstanding as the overall grade at their latest graded inspection, which is the date given. A later ungraded inspection, shown in the table, may say more.

Acomb Primary School (September 2023), Knavesmire Primary School (October 2022), Lord Deramore's Primary School (June 2024), Woodthorpe Primary School (June 2024), All Saints Catholic School York (June 2024), Fulford School (October 2023).

Nursery (1)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspection
St Paul's Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery school2 to 551School remains Good, September 2023

Primary (50)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspectionResults (KS2 2024/25)
Acomb Primary SchoolAcademy converter4 to 11312Outstanding (overall), September 202355% met KS2 standard
Archbishop of York's CofE Junior School, BishopthorpeAcademy converter7 to 11160Good (overall), October 202373% met KS2 standard
Badger Hill Primary AcademyAcademy converter4 to 11200Standards maintained, October 202473% met KS2 standard
Bishopthorpe Infant SchoolAcademy converter5 to 797Standards maintained, February 2025
Burton Green Primary SchoolAcademy converter2 to 11136Standards maintained, March 202537% met KS2 standard
Carr Infant SchoolCommunity school3 to 7200Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met, special measures
Carr Junior SchoolAcademy converter7 to 11232Good (overall), September 202364% met KS2 standard
Clifton Green Primary SchoolCommunity school3 to 11372Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met51% met KS2 standard
Clifton With Rawcliffe Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11622Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade78% met KS2 standard
Copmanthorpe Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 11273School remains Good, September 202356% met KS2 standard
Dringhouses Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 11312Good (overall), November 202270% met KS2 standard
Dunnington Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter5 to 11170School remains Good, July 202280% met KS2 standard
Elvington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school4 to 11122School remains Good, February 202471% met KS2 standard
Fishergate Primary SchoolCommunity school3 to 11291School remains Good, March 202357% met KS2 standard
Haxby Road Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led2 to 11293School remains Good, July 202250% met KS2 standard
Headlands Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 11243School remains Good, December 202266% met KS2 standard
Hempland Primary SchoolAcademy converter4 to 11420Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met77% met KS2 standard
Heworth Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter5 to 11142School remains Good, June 202437% met KS2 standard
Hob Moor Community Primary AcademyAcademy converter3 to 11243School remains Good, October 202248% met KS2 standard
Huntington Primary AcademyAcademy converter5 to 11347Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met60% met KS2 standard
Knavesmire Primary SchoolAcademy converter2 to 11484Outstanding (overall), October 202284% met KS2 standard
Lakeside Primary AcademyAcademy converter2 to 11199School remains Good, September 202240% met KS2 standard
Lord Deramore's Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school4 to 11219Outstanding (overall), June 202477% met KS2 standard
Naburn Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led4 to 1140Requires improvement (overall), April 2023, before the school changed
New Earswick Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led2 to 11213Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met50% met KS2 standard
Osbaldwick Primary AcademyAcademy converter3 to 11259Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade60% met KS2 standard
Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter3 to 11415Good (overall), February 202461% met KS2 standard
Park Grove Primary AcademyAcademy converter5 to 11262Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met65% met KS2 standard
Poppleton Ousebank Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11436Good (overall), May 202467% met KS2 standard
Poppleton Road Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11404Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met64% met KS2 standard
Ralph Butterfield Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 11311Good (overall), February 202486% met KS2 standard
Robert Wilkinson Primary AcademyAcademy converter2 to 11496Good (overall), December 202363% met KS2 standard
Rufforth Primary SchoolAcademy converter4 to 11103School remains Good, May 202364% met KS2 standard
Saint Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school5 to 1176Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade0% met KS2 standard
Scarcroft Primary SchoolAcademy converter4 to 11347Good (overall), October 202275% met KS2 standard
Skelton Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11106Good (overall), July 2023100% met KS2 standard
St Aelred's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter2 to 11175Good (overall), January 202452% met KS2 standard
St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter3 to 11204School remains Good, September 202372% met KS2 standard
St Lawrence's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led3 to 11137Good (overall), November 202361% met KS2 standard
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school4 to 1199Good (overall), October 202373% met KS2 standard
St Oswald's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school4 to 11321School remains Good, April 202472% met KS2 standard
St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school4 to 11168School remains Good, March 202354% met KS2 standard
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter3 to 11261Good (overall), November 202275% met KS2 standard
Stockton-on-the-Forest Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 1191School remains Good, May 202365% met KS2 standard
Tang Hall Primary AcademyAcademy converter2 to 11227Good (overall), March 202355% met KS2 standard
Westfield Primary Community SchoolCommunity school3 to 11498Good (overall), July 202341% met KS2 standard
Wheldrake with Thorganby Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter4 to 11161School remains Good, November 202268% met KS2 standard
Wigginton Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 11247School remains Good, November 202378% met KS2 standard
Woodthorpe Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11450Outstanding (overall), June 202469% met KS2 standard
Yearsley Grove Primary SchoolCommunity school3 to 11385Good (overall), November 202241% met KS2 standard

Secondary (9)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspectionResults (KS4 2025/26)
All Saints Catholic School YorkAcademy converter11 to 181,392Outstanding (overall), June 2024Attainment 8: 55.1
Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England AcademyAcademy converter11 to 181,803Report card, January 2026: safeguarding metAttainment 8: 52.7
Fulford SchoolAcademy converter11 to 181,853Outstanding (overall), October 2023Attainment 8: 59.7
Huntington SchoolCommunity school11 to 181,505School remains Outstanding, November 2023Attainment 8: 49.9
Joseph Rowntree SchoolVoluntary controlled school11 to 181,248School remains Good, October 2022Attainment 8: 46.0
Manor Church of England AcademyAcademy converter11 to 161,136Report card, May 2026: safeguarding metAttainment 8: 50.4
Millthorpe SchoolAcademy converter11 to 161,022Good (overall), March 2024Attainment 8: 50.2
Vale of York AcademyAcademy sponsor led11 to 16656Standards maintained, February 2025Good (overall), November 2019Attainment 8: 42.7
York High SchoolAcademy sponsor led11 to 16750Good (overall), September 2022Attainment 8: 38.8

Special (4)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspection
Applefields SchoolAcademy special converter11 to 19225School remains Good, June 2024
Hob Moor Oaks AcademyAcademy special converter3 to 11140School remains Good, October 2022
Inspire AcademyOther independent special school11 to 1624No outcome in Ofsted's file
Lord Gowthorpe's Independent SchoolOther independent special school11 to 1624No outcome in Ofsted's file

Sixth form and further education (2)

SchoolTypeAgesLatest Ofsted inspection
Askham Bryan CollegeFurther education16 to 99Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
York CollegeFurther education16 to 99Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file

Independent (5)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspection
Bootham SchoolOther independent school2 to 19587Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
OneSchool Global York CampusOther independent school7 to 18109Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
St Peter's School 2-18Other independent school2 to 181,277Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
The Mount School (York)Other independent school2 to 18223Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
York Steiner SchoolOther independent school3 to 16197Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file

Pupil referral and alternative provision (1)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspection
Danesgate CommunityPupil referral unit5 to 16167School remains Good, March 2022

Ofsted inspects state-funded schools; independent schools and colleges are inspected separately and show no outcome here.

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), edubasealldata20261015.csv; Ofsted, latest inspections as at 30 September 2026.